Dear Colleagues, A quick-look spectrum (no calibration yet) is placed at http://ftp.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/Novae/nova_aql00/ciaql.gif The red line represents the present nova (by Takamizawa and Yamamoto), the green line V1494 Aql. The strongest line is H-alpha, H-beta is the strongest in the blue region (left). The spectra of these two objects are remarkably similar, suggesting that the similar evolutionary stage of the nova outburst. Regards, Taichi Kato and Makoto Uemura